TheBreakdown
Full time20 February 1982
France
15–27
England
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1982Head-to-head

England won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Marc Sallefranque2–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Marc Sallefranque5–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Marc Sallefranque8–0
  4. –TFrance try · Laurent Pardo12–0
  5. –DFrance drop goal · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura15–0
  6. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare15–2
  7. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare15–4
  8. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare15–7
  9. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare15–10
  10. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare15–13
  11. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare15–16
  12. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare15–19
  13. –TEngland try · John Carleton15–23
  14. –TEngland try · Clive Woodward15–27

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Paul WolfProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Daniel DubrocaProp
  4. 4Manuel CarpentierSecond row
  5. 5Laurent RodriguezSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Eric BuchetFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc JoinelNumber 8
  9. 9Gerald MartinezScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Patrick LescarbouraFly-half
  11. 11Laurent PardoWing
  12. 12Christian BelascainCentre
  13. 13Patrick PerrierCentre
  14. 14Serge BlancoWing
  15. 15Marc SallefranqueFull-back
  16. 16Bernard HerreroBench
  17. 17Robert PaparembordeBench
  18. 18Daniel RevallierBench
  19. 19Pierre BerbizierBench
  20. 20Patrick MesnyBench
  21. 21Serge GabernetBench

England

  1. 1Colin SmartProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Phil BlakewayProp
  4. 4Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  5. 5Steve BainbridgeSecond row
  6. 6Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  7. 7Nick JeavonsFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Les CusworthFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Clive WoodwardCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. 16Marcus RoseBench
  17. 17Huw DaviesBench
  18. 18Nigel MelvilleBench
  19. 19Gary PearceBench
  20. 20Andrew SimpsonBench
  21. 21Bob HesfordBench

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Context

All-time, France 45–61 England, 7 drawn in 113 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
England going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.